diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index b1593e8f5..6dffa400e 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -384,8 +384,12 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), Darwin)
 ifndef MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
+ifeq ($(ARCH), arm64)
+export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0
+else
 export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.8
 endif
+endif
 MD5SUM = md5 -r
 endif